Guarino Get Your Lower Back Pain under Control—and Get on with Life

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8018-9946-1
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Pain management specialist Dr. Anthony H. Guarino has created an accessible and up-to-date guide to the range of available treatments to relieve back pain.

Informed by the wealth of information in this book, patients can successfully manage their pain beyond their doctor's office. Dr. Guarino describes proven therapies and coaches patients on how to achieve results. He also offers helpful advice for dealing with the psychological effects of chronic pain and for navigating complicated insurance and disability plans.

With detailed information about medications, exercise, injections, surgery, psychological interventions, and alternative treatments, Get Your Lower Back Pain under Control—and Get on with Life is an invaluable resource for anyone who suffers from chronic back pain. As Dr. Guarino encourages his own patients, “Master your pain. Reclaim your life!”

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guarino, Anthony H.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Schmerzmedizin & Schmerztherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Geriatrie, Gerontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Part I: Why Does It Hurt? Who Can Help?
1. All about Pain
2. The Right Doctor for You
3. Diagnosing What's Causing Your Pain
Part II: Therapies from A to Z
4. Tools for Managing Pain
5. Exercise for Treating Pain (with Elizabeth Pegg Frates, M.D.)
6. Tools for Reducing Stress
7. Pain Medications
8. Injections and Other Treatments
9. Surgery
10. Alternative Treatments
Part III: The Cost of Chronic Pain
11. Covering the Cost of Pain: Insurance
12. The Ins and Outs of Disability
13. The Personal Cost of Pain: Relationships
Appendix: The Anatomy of the Back
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Guarino, Anthony H.
Anthony H. Guarino, M.D., is director of pain management services at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital and is an assistant professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Anthony H. Guarino, M.D., is director of pain management services at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital and is an assistant professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.